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Senior / Staff AI Research Scientist, Foundation Models

RoboForce· AI
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Hybrid (Milpitas, CA)full-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Senior / Staff AI Research Scientist focused on foundation models and world models for robotic embodied intelligence, enabling robots to understand environments, plan actions, and communicate with humans. Emphasis on vision-language-action models, world-model fidelity, multi-modal integration, and production-grade deployment on RoboForce platforms.

Responsibilities

  • Design and deploy vision-language(-action) models (VLM/VLA) for contextual understanding and generalized robot action policies.
  • Develop and train world models for action-conditioned prediction, long-horizon planning, and environment simulation — enabling robots to reason about the consequences of their actions before execution.
  • Research approaches to improve world model fidelity using multi-modal inputs including vision, language, proprioception, and spatial representations.
  • Develop foundation models with spatial reasoning capabilities to achieve high-precision robotic actions.
  • Integrate multi-modal data sources (vision, language, speech, etc.) to enable natural human-robot communication.
  • Optimize and deploy models as production-grade solutions on RoboForce robotic platforms.

Qualifications

  • PhD degree in Machine Learning, Robotics, or related field, or Master's degree with 4+ years of relevant experience.
  • Proficiency in Python and deep learning frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, JAX).
  • Expertise in large foundation models (VLM, VLA, etc.).
  • Strong understanding of world model architectures and action-conditioned generative modeling for robot learning.
  • Decent understanding of multimodal models, modern ML architectures (transformers, diffusion models, etc.).
  • Requires 5 days/week in-office collaboration with the teams.

Skills

Required:PythonDeep learning frameworksFoundation models (VLM, VLA)World modelsMultimodal modelsSpatial reasoning

Benefits

  • Competitive stock options/equity programs.
  • Health, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) plan.
  • Visa sponsorship and green card support for qualified candidates.
  • Lunches and dinners, a fully stocked kitchen, and regular team-building events.
Last updated Aug 13, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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